Combined outlet nozzle and measuring valve



Nov. 10 1925. 1,560,689

w. HOLT ET AL.

COMBINED OUTLET NOZZLE AND MEASURING VALVE Filed April 4, 1924 I INVENTORJ' By ATTORNEYS.

I Patented Nov. 10, 1925;

UNITED sr-Ari-Qs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HOLT, OF PATERSON, AN D RAYMOND B. HOLT, 0F BLO'OMFIELID, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED OUTLET NOZZLE AND MEASURING VALVE. I

Application filed April 4, 1924. Serial n. 704,122.

larly to an'outlet or nozzle valve for containers for pasty or semi-fluid materials, for instance, for collapsible tubes in. which is sold tooth paste, shaving cream, etc.,

which will serve as a closure for the container and also permit the ejection of a predetermined amount of the material therefrom when desired.

.One object of the invention is to provide a combined cap or nozzle and measuring outlet valve for containers embodying novel and improved featuresof construction whereby the valve serves as a closure for the outlet and maybe manually opened by a simple pushing operation without the necessity of removing or unscrewing a cap or closure, and automatically closed by flow of the material from the container, closing movementof the valve being retarded with relation tothe outflow of the material so that a predetermined amount of the material may be ejected before the valve closes.

Another object is to provide a device of this character particularly designed to take the place of the screw cap commonly used on collapsible tubes for tooth paste and the like, the device comprising a nozzle casing ada ted to be secured to the .neck'of a collapsi le tube and formed with an outlet controlled by a manually opened and auto matically' closed valve. I

Further objects are to vprovide such a device which can be removablyconnected to a collapsible tube so as to be capable of repeated use with a number of tubes as the supply of material therein becomes exhausted; to provide a combined cap or nozzle and.

' outletfmeasuring valve which shall be inexpensive in construction and simple in operation, and to obtain other results and advantages as may be brought out by the following description.

tion immediatelyafter a portion of the material has been ejected from the tube;

Figure 3 is a detached perspective view of the valve shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure i is a view similar to Figure 2 showing a modified form of the invention;

' Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional View, taken on the line 55 of Figure 4, and Figure 6 is a detached perspective view of the valve shown in Figure 4:.

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures l3 inclusive,

the reference character A designates a noz-'- zle which is substantially tubular in form and has one end interiorly threaded at 1 to fit upon the exteriorly threaded neck B of a collapsible tube C of known form,, such as those in which is sold tooth paste and the like. The interior of the nozzle A is formed at the inner ends of the threads 1 with a shoulder 2, and the end of the nozzle with'the outlet valve shown in closed posiopposite the threads is formed with anoutlet opening 3, preferably coaxial with the nozzle. 1

The valve proper comprises a valve head having a frusto-conical valve seat 5 adapted to cooperate with the inner edges of the outlet opening 3 to close said opening, the valve head being formed adjacent the seat 5 with a cylindrical portion 6 adapted to snugly fit the opening 3; and the extremity of the valve head is provided with a reduced coaxial projection 7 which is substantiall Y smaller than the opening 3. The valve head, 4 is carried by a stem or guide rod' 8 which is preferably rectangular in cross-section and twisted into the form of a helix, said stem being fixedly connected to the end of the head 4 opposite the projection 7 and coaxial therewith. The stem 8 is slidably mounted in a rectangular opening 9 in a spider or perforated disc 10 adapted to be fitted into the threaded end ofthe nozzle and clamped between the end of the neck B ofthe collapsible tube and the shoulder 2 of the nozzle. The extremity of the stem 8 opposite the valve head 4 fixedly carries a strip of sheet material 11 which acts' as a cy indrical portion 6 substantially filling said opening, whereby the outlet opening 3 of the nozzle is closed. It will be noted that the reduced projection '7' extends a substlantial distance beyond ,the end of the nozz e.

' projection 7 is pushed inwardly ot the nozzle by means of a tooth brush, the finger or the like, whereby the valve head is disengaged from the opening 3, as shown in Figure 1. The tube C is then squeezed in the usual manner which causes-a flow of the material therein through the openihgs 12 of the s ider outwardly into the nozzle. The material thus flowing outwardly into the nozzle engages the valve head 4 so as to push the valve head outwardly toward the opening 3. Thismovement of the valve headl is retarded with relation to the flow of material by the simultaneous rotation and longitudinal 'movementyof'the stem 8' due to the helical formation thereof, and

' the movement of the valve head is also retarded by frictional engagement of the blade llwith the material in the tube as the plate is rotated. Some of the material flowing through the nozzle thus passes the valve headv and flows outwardly through the open- 7 ing 3 around the reduced projection 7, so

that a predetermined amount of material is ejected through the opening 3 before the valve seat 5 engages the innered es of the opening, as shown in Figure 2. 'gbvioiisly, the amount of material ejected will depend vupon the distance and speed of movement of the valve head 4. The blade 11 also a i-.,

tates the material in the tube so as to lacilitate its 'flowthrou hthe openings'12 of the spider. vIt will t us be seen that the valve is manually opened by a sim' le pushing action on the rejection '7, an is automaticall outward ythrough the nozzle A. The cylindrical portion' t3 substantiallycloses the opening 3 so that all of the material is e ected from the o ening.

A modification o the invention is shown in Figures 4-6 inclusive, in whichthe spider 10 may be eliminated and the stem and blade made asfan entity. In accordance with this term oftheinventiomthe end. of the neck D of the collapsible tube may be "formed with a slot 1.3,"and the st of To open the valve the end of the closed y the flow-of material neeaese the valve may comprise a strip 14: of sheet metal twisted into helical form and longi tudinally slidably' mounted in said slot 13.

The end of the neck D is provided at oppo-- i and straight, as at 16, to form a paddle or blade corresponding to the blade 11 shown in Figures l-3 inclusive.

The-operation of this form of the invention issimilar to that of the construction shown in Figures 13 inclusive, the flow of material through the outlet slots 15 automatically closing the valve, and the valve being retarded by simultaneous rotation and longitudinal movement of the stem 14 due to the helical form of the latter. 'The straight and flat end 16 of the'stem '14 acts in the same manner as does the plate 11.

The outlet nozzle and measuring valve might be formed integral with the container and is adapted for use-with other containers tha n collapsible tubes in connection with which it has been described. With the .removability of the nozzle from the container, as herein described, the nozzle and valve are adapted for repeated uses with a numberof containers as the material there in becomes exhausted. The operation of It will be noted that as illus- Ill] of'contents from a container, and that devices for eliminating or to take the place of screw caps on collapsible t'ubes have been produced, and we do not intend to broadly claim such constructions. However, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in yarious other detail constructions than that shown and described, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, we do not desire to be under: stood as limitin ourselves except as required by the to lowin claims when, com strued in the light of t e prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what weelaim is: I.

1. A device ofthe character described includin a casing having an opening, a valve in sai "casing movable by material flowing trol said opening, and means .for causing relative movement of said valve and the material toward said opening to permit a predetermined amount of said material to flow through said opening. I

I 2. A device ofztlre character described including a casing having an opening, a valve in said casing movable by material flowing through the casing to sald opening to con: trol said opening, a helical stem fixedly con- 7 nected to said valve, and means for mounting said stem in said casing to cause simultaneous rotation and longitudinal movement. of said'stem, whereby movement of said" valve toward said openm .is retarded rela-' outlet, a valve in said casing to control saidoutlet including a valve head adapted to close said openin and movable to closing position by material flowin casing, a helical stem fixedly connected to said valve head, and means. for'mounting said stem in said casing to cause. simultaneous rotation and longitudinal movement thereof, whereby movement of said valve' head toward said outlet is retarded relatively to movement of said material.

5. A device of the character zdescribed,

comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a valve in said casing to control said outlet and movable to close said outlet by material flowing through said casing, said valve being formed with a helical coaxial stem, and said casing being formed with an opening coaxial with said outlet correspondin in cross section. with said stem to slidably receive saidstem.

6. A device of the character described,

comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a valve in said casingto control said outlet and movable to close said outlet bymaterial flowing through said casing, said through said valve being formed with a helical coaxial stem having a flat blade-like end portion,

' and said casing bein formed with an openingcoaxial with sald outlet corresponding in cross-section with said stem to slidably receive said stem 7. A device oi the character described,

comprising'a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a valve in said casing to control said outlet and movable to close said outlet by material flowing through said casing, said valve being formed atone end with a projection adapted to loosely extend outwardly through said outlet when the valve is in closing position and at-the other end with a helical coaxial stem, said casing being formed withza guide opening coaxial with said outlet of a cross-section corresponding with said stem to slidably receive said stem.

8,. The combination with a container having' a neck formed with a plurality of open- 'ings, of a casing adapted to be secured to said neck and formed with an outlet opening coaxial with one of said openings in said neck, a valve in said casing to control said outlet and movable to close said outlet by material flowing from said container into said casing, said valve being formed with a helical stem of a cross-section cor-. responding with said first-mentioned open-- i'ng in said neck and slidable therein, whereby movement of said valve toward'said outlet is retarded with relation to movement of said material throughsaid casing.- 9. A' device of the character described,

comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a valve in said casing to control said outlet including a valve head adapted to close said openlng and movable to closin position by material flowing through saic casing, a helical stem fixedly connected to said valve'head, and a spider secured in said cas ng and formed wlthan opening coaxlal with said outlet and of a shape corresponding, to the cross-section of said stem, said a stem bein ing, 'whergby movement of saidvalve toward 581d outlet is" retarded with relation to movement of said material through said casing.

WILLIAM HOLT. RAYMOND Bil-IOLT.

slidably mounted in said open- 

